Georgetown: The Department of Education of Region three, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara on Friday held a mathematics exhibition at the Department’s Headquarters at Plantain Walk, West Bank Demerara.
Regional Education Officer (REO), Ms. Penelope McIntosh explained that the Ministry of Education is currently working towards improving the performance of students in the area of Mathematics. She said that it is based on this thrust that the idea of the exhibit was birthed.
She said that the Region would usually have similar exhibitions that include other subject areas; however, she said that a conscious decision was made to have an exhibition that specifically addressed mathematics.
During her opening remarks, the REO said that the nursery department along with the cluster of nursery schools across the region decided to hold the exhibition for the teachers.
She appealed to the teachers in attendance that they should take note of the exhibits so that they can introduce the concepts in their classrooms.
Meanwhile, Education Officer (Nursery), Ms. Ann Boston said that the decision to have the exhibition was premised on the fact that the nursery level is the foundation for education.
“The nursery level is the foundation and we don’t want to be left behind. So, what we did was decide to have an exhibition to showcase mathematics and our theme is “Mathematics is Fun.”
Boston explained that the theme was chosen because people tend to believe that mathematics is a hard subject.
“One of the goals at the nursery level is to provide children with an opportunity for self-initiated activity through educational experience based on continuous analysis of each child’s mode of learning and as we go through today you will see activity based on different modes of learning, children can touch, they can feel, they can do all sorts of things and they can do Mathematics.”
Boston also, stressed that she hopes the nursery school teachers use similar strategies in their classroom so as to teach their students.
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